What Dewey wanted was independent decision-making and absolute leadership in the Gaia region. What Huo Qimeng wants is that the Blue Domain Galaxy is not controlled by others. Between the two compromised with each other, Haike Yingzhou was born.

This is a galaxy located in the center of the line connecting two galaxies. The ancient star is a red dwarf in its twilight years, and its light reflects the whole world with a golden light, not as dazzling and warm as a yellow dwarf. The planet closest to the star has been unanimously chosen by both worlds as an independent third-party trading venue because of its suitable temperature and good atmospheric environment.

The name Haike Yingzhou is not innate, and ten years ago, the planet was named after a long series of numbers. After being selected as a trading venue, it not only attracted a large number of merchants to settle here, but also became an ideal harbor for the pioneers of the entire civilization. These long-term drifting travelers outside the galaxy were unwilling to bear the high cost of replenishing supplies from their home planet, and they were unwilling to face the stingy captain of Gaia, and over time, the purpose of establishing this place for the purpose of ensuring normal trade between the two worlds of Blue Domain and Gaia extended to another purpose: the ideal harbor for pioneers.

Mark came on Dewey's orders to settle the rice supply problem. He knew that if it weren't for Gu Xian's identity, Dewey would definitely come in person, which was not a big deal, but it was quite tricky, and Mark decided not to get straight to the point, but to throw a more serious problem to the other party first. Therefore, he deliberately bluffed, and even called Yuan Tian, who was far away in the Blue Domain.

The starship landed on the desolate ground, the red stones were even more red in the dim light of the stars, and not far away you could see the large trading ground that civilization had opened up for this purpose.

The temperature of the star is mild and constant, which makes the entire planet around it calm, and although it is full of sand and rocks, it has never soared. The trading floor building stands quietly in a flat world of red sand. If it weren't for the frequent take-off and landing of spaceships, there would be no indication of trade prosperity.

The real hustle and bustle is when it really arrives at the trading floor. The presence of the atmosphere allows passengers to wear gas conversion masks to breathe, and do not need redundant oxygen cylinders. The noise drifted far into the air and into the ears.

Surrounded by armed soldiers, Mark, dressed in a blue and white checkered research uniform, didn't have to say anything to let everyone know where he was coming from. Everywhere they went, the noisy trade turned into a quiet gaze, and when the group was far away, the crowd returned to the noise, all talking about the purpose of the two armed teams of Blue Domain and Gaia arriving here in one day. There are many rumors among them.

By the time Mark was seated, everyone in the hall was already seated. As the convener of the negotiations, Mark unceremoniously dispensed with politeness and spoke first.

"Hello everyone, there are people who come from afar and those who are stationed here, and I believe that everyone has been dealing with each other for a long time, which just saves the introduction link. This is the first time that everyone has been brought together after the negotiation of the New Alliance, because with the development of these years, the role of Haike Yingzhou has objectively deviated from the original intention, Chairman Yuan, should not deny this fact, right? "

Yuan Tianji had already guessed that Mark would definitely push the problem to himself, but this time, the purpose of the two can be said to be the same.

"It is not denied, to be precise, not only that the role has changed, but more seriously, even the organizational form has been quietly tampered with. Over here. Speaking of this, Yuan Tianzhi put his three fingers together and tapped the table twice to emphasize, "Here, it is resolutely forbidden to have any armed forces, let alone anti-matter reserves, but what happened in the first two months, what is going on?" "

Zeng Yuquan, a middle-aged man who has reached the age of 100 and is also the chairman of the Haike Yingzhou Autonomous Council, saw Yuan Tianzhi questioning like this, but his face was full of smiles: "What happened, I have sent it back to the two worlds in the form of a report, this is really an accident, it is my negligence."

"Chairman Zeng, don't you think this surprise is a bit excessive? If I hadn't secretly sent someone to conduct spot checks, how long would this accident have been going on? Hearing Zeng Yuquan's answer, Yuan Tian was about to jump up in anger.

"It's all because of my negligence, that place is too secretive, and I will admit whatever punishment the mother planet and Gaia give me."

"Negligence? It's easy to say! This star has starships starting and stopping here all the time, such a big target, saying that no one reported it to you, who can be fooled, this time I found it, you said that you missed it, is there something I didn't find? Don't know how long you're going to hide? "

"It doesn't matter if it's oversight, I don't think there's any need to bother too much on this issue. The focus is on how to deal with this and how to prevent it from happening again. This is a serious problem, so many warships, when trading without energy, once they are filled with antimatter, it will immediately become a group of uncontrolled military forces, no matter which world will not allow such a thing to happen, and mistakes will not work! "

"According to Chairman Mark's view, what should I do?"

Yuan Tianji insisted on grasping the problem of accidents, in fact, he did not unintentionally go off topic, but deliberately waited for Mark to throw out this offending question, after all, a good person can't let Mark be all responsible.

However, this is also in Mark's arms, Mark came this time to be a bad guy, since he is a bad guy, then he doesn't have to care about face, and he will be the end at one time.

"Chairman Zeng must first be replaced, even if it is an accident, it is better to replace someone with a high fault tolerance rate."

"I agree with the opinion, but I'm afraid the feasibility does not allow it. The removal of Chairman Zeng, it's not that the two of us can remove it if they want to, the new alliance negotiations have made it clear, the Haike Yingzhou region adopts a planetary autonomy policy, and the chairman is completely elected by the people here Gaia and the mother planet have no right to intervene, remove him, and may have to restart the negotiations between the two worlds to change this clause! "

Mark did not show weakness: "This accident has little impact on the safety of the home planet, and it does have a subversive threat to the Gaia world, if you want to ensure that this threat does not appear again, Gaia does not mind organizing another negotiation." What is Mark afraid of the threat to Yuan Tian, organizing negotiations, this is his strength, and the problem is now thrown back to Yuan Tian.

"First of all, on behalf of the home planet, I would like to clarify that the mother planet also has zero tolerance for the illegal possession of antimatter energy. I hope that Chairman Mark will not mistakenly believe that there is cover-up, connivance, and disregard in any way. Secondly, what I want to say is that since the two worlds have sent the two of us to deal with this matter, that is, it implies that the two of us can have a certain degree of handling and decision-making ability, I think there must be other ways to solve the problem, and there is no need to engage in any interstellar negotiations. "

"There are other ways, but there are also them, I'm afraid you don't agree!"

Between the negotiations between Mark and Yuan Tianzhi, Zeng Yuquan's appointment has been discussed head-on, and in this process, Zeng Yuquan knows that he has no right to speak, including the last sentence!

"Chairman Mark really knows how to buckle his hat, agree or disagree, and it has to be discussed to decide? Where there is no discussion, I will directly deny the truth. "

"Well, what I'm about to announce is Gaia's bottom line, and I have no decision-making power beyond this bottom line: in response to this matter, I propose to set up a supervision envoy in addition to the chairman of Haike Yingzhou, and Gaia will appoint a special person to serve as it!"

"Set up one? Gaia faction? The home planet doesn't send people? "

"Yes, the mother planet can't send people, the mother planet sends people, and if the people from the home planet collude with the people of Haike Yingzhou, the entire Haike Yingzhou will be armed, which is very bad for Gaia."

"Oh, Chairman Mark is really joking. If you discuss collusion, you can't just discuss the collusion of the home planet, won't the Gaia envoy collude with the chairman of Haike Yingzhou? Or only the Gaia people are noble, and the Gaia people are principled, and the mother planet can't find such a candidate. Don't forget, Gaia, where do you come from? "

Hearing Yuan Tian's answer, Mark graciously buckled the cap of the pen to the pen holder, closed the notebook, and then spoke: "Chairman Yuan, please don't force objective questions into subjective will. What I want to say is that if collusion exists, then the subversive threat to Gaia is far greater than that of the home planet, rather than discussing with you the question of who is more likely to collude with the home planet and the Gaia. When it comes to this step, the question has deviated several times, what else can be done? "

Mark's words made the two look at each other, silent for a long time, the negotiations still have to continue, and Yuan Tianwei is still needed to solve the siege.

"Chairman Mark, you see if this will work, we should still send people, but the issue of authority can be slightly limited compared to the special envoy of Gaia, so that I can have an explanation for the Führer and the Blue Domain. Otherwise, it really can't be done. "

"If you set permissions," Mark deliberately leaned back, pretending to be thoughtful, everyone's eyes were focused on him, and then he leaned forward suddenly, pretending to be categorical: "It's not impossible, but I can't finalize this permission for a while, but I only have one request, the permission must be drawn up by Gaia, and if the mother planet does not agree, it can propose amendments until an agreement is reached."

Hearing this, Yuan Tianzhi already knew that he was put on the spot by Mark again, but the matter had come to this point, so he had to nod his head in agreement, and Zeng Yuquan, as the chairman of Haike Yingzhou, naturally had no right to deny it.

Mark saw that both of them were forced into a corner, and only then did he reveal his true purpose

"Now that the big things have been discussed, I still have a small matter, and I still have to ask for Chairman Zeng's permission."

This Chairman Zeng, the whole process was almost dismissed, how can there be any permission or not, just a smile on his face, "Director Ma has a request, although he can instruct." "

"Gaia has recently produced a kind of rice, Haike Yingzhou has been buying and transferring it to the mother planet at a high price, if it is an ordinary crop, but it doesn't hurt to harvest it, but this involves an important scientific research in the Gaia area, and it will be possible to harvest less or not in the future?"

The negotiation of the new alliance boils down rice to a crop, and the number of sends and receives depends entirely on the market, and Gaia has no right to intervene.

"Savage rice? Recently, the demand has been really high, but it is all orders from the home planet, and we also buy according to the order, but if the Gaia region really needs to control the rice, the council can also find another crop instead. "

Zeng Yuquan deliberately avoided the important and trivialized, completely ignoring the issue of crop regulations in the signing of the new alliance, while throwing the hot potato to Yuan Tianyuan, he did not forget to be a good person, and transformed Gaia's reluctance to interfere with the bottom line of food crops into the crop regulation of Haike Yingzhou.

"Savage rice? I know! This is also needed by the home planet, and studies have shown that there is something that can survive in poor water quality. "

Yuan Tianzhi said that if the demand is defined as a crop order problem, it will face the regulation of Haike Yingzhou, but if it is defined as a scientific research problem, then Gaia has the right to intervene, and it will not win the mark. So the wind of words changed, and he directly sent a favor: "But if it is also a scientific research demand, there is no need for Haike Yingzhou to regulate, we will automatically give it to Gaia!"

The negotiations seemed to take care of the interests of all parties, but in fact they all achieved Mark's goals. At this time, Yuan Tianzhi realized that what the mother star lacked was not wealth, technology, resources, nor energy, ecology, but what was really lacking was talents like Mark, Pangu, Hanes, and Dewey.

"Chairman Mark, since you left, the position of the general director of the home planet has been reserved for you, I don't know if you are willing to return to that original position."

Hearing this, Mark's face was cloudy for a while, and then he smiled and asked rhetorically: "Chairman Yuan, Gaia has always had a vacancy for the position of financial director, I don't know if you are interested in learning about the scenery of Gaia?"